As someone in science that has used this many times, I can't emphasize enough how much this has accelerated research in the modern era. I am so grateful for her work.

[–] Treetrimmer@sh.itjust.works 26 points 2 days ago

Fr. After I graduated I was cut off from access to scientific literature, which is a major blow when trying to keep up in ones field.

[–] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 days ago

A huge aspect of this also is that it disproportionately benefits academics and students in parts of the world where there is less institutional access to journal subscriptions. That is to say that SciHub has been a significant force for democratising knowledge and countering historic inequities.

[–] UniversalMonk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yep, I just found out about it recently because I was doing research on a project. I had heard, but never explored or looked into, sci-hub. I had no idea about it. I don't know how I missed it all of these years!

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Sadly no longer updated but I think libgen and some other services are filling the gaps.

[–] UniversalMonk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah, I was bummed to find out it's no longer updated. But there are so many articles that it's still helpful and great. And she still is holding the flame by keeping it up. I'm checking out libgen right now actually.